Hello... It's been a while : )

Hello Friends,

I have been missing in action for a month now. A MONTH! I can't believe it' been that long since I last blogged. This blog has been and in so many ways still is, a lifeline for me. When I felt like I couldn't get enough of my emotions out through therapy, exercise or work, I turned to writing and it was an instant game changer for me. Every time I've written anything, be it this blog, a work project, or even in my journal, I feel an inner peace come over me. This is absolutely my favorite decompressing outlet and yet, with that being said, why have I been gone so long? Well, to be honest, I feel like all of my manifetionsations of the last couple of months have come and are still coming into fruition right now. My plate is so abundantly full I haven't had a chance to breath easy and just blog for the sake of blogging. From mid September until now, my plate has looked like a Thanksgiving feast - thank goodness for those extra hefty plates that can take the load because I wasn't sure how things were going to turn out. Thankfully, I have such a core group of family and friends who have my back and every time I stumbled, someone was there to pick me right back up and dust me off.

Some of the things I am working on I will share when the time is right. For now, know that your girl is working hard on her dreams fueled by Starbucks and an intense desire to live each day as if it were the last.

Enough of the sappy talk, you're probably wondering what I was doing playing dress up with all those hats. :D Well, for my birthday I decided on hosting a tea party in my backyard! It was the girliest and frilliest and all around glitteriest party I have ever done and it was so much fun! My friends and family gathered in my little town house and we ate mini sandwiches drank mimosas and enjoyed our beautiful fall weather under a cloudless and crisp blue sky.

I am grateful for the birthday love from everyone who was a part of this special party. Beyond that, I am grateful for the support given with open and affectionate hearts from everyone I know. At the end of the day, you start each day making decisions with love or fear. I pray in the year to come I choose love, first and foremost always love.

For more pictures from my tea party, check out this video!

Love,

Clarissa